iCivics Usage in the Classroom
What is iCivics? iCivics is a website that I came across while searching for content to teach in my Level I course during the fall of 2017. iCivics offers a wide variety of resources that teachers can use inside of the classroom. As the importance for U.S. Citizens engaging in civil duties withing their local community grows, what better way to teach them at a young age. iCivics provides important topics that every single U.S. citizen should know about their government. As an educator, I find this resource very useful because it is a new approach to teaching civics to students. There are fun games, activities, and discussions that are covered through this website. The games that iCivics has to offer are aligned with the Common Core standards which make it easier for the teacher teaching the unit. This is by far what I find most valubale about this source as a future educator. There are many sites out there that offer free educational tools but you have to go through them and see if i...